ROBERTA PYX SUTHERLAND

314 Huntington Place Victoria BC

250 220-4887

EDUCATION/STUDIES

1982 & 87  Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta

1979‑82     Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

1978‑79     Sheffield Polytechnic, Sheffield, UK

1960‑63     Emily Carr College of Art and Design, (ECCAD) Vancouver, BC

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2009    New Earth Paintings, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria ,BC

           New Work, Exhibition Hall, Hornby Island, BC

2008     As Above So Below, MacPherson Theatre,Victoria, BC

            Ongoing Poems, Arbutus Arts, Hornby Island, BC

2007      Earth Diaries, Victoria Art Gallery, Rental Gallery, Victoria, BC

2006     Climate of Change, New West Gallery, Sidney, BC

  New Work, Hornby Exhibition Hall, Hornby Island, BC

  Terre Memoire III, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC

2005    New Work, Martin Batchelor Gallery,Victoria, BC

2004    Invisible Islands, Old Schoolhouse Gallery, Qualicum Beach, BC

2003    Historical Affinities, Arbutus Arts, Hornby Island, BC

 New Work, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, BC

2002    Terre Memoire, Editart Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland

           Terre Memoire II, Victoria Art Gallery Mansion, Victoria, BC

2001    Treelines, Hornby Hall, Hornby Island, BC

2000    Extinctions, Empress Hotel Conference Centre, Victoria, BC

1999    The Female Animal, Head Bones Gallery, Vernon, BC

1998    View from the Interior, Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC

1997    The Introspective Landscape, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC

1996    The Patterned Women, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC

1995    Full Moon with Frost, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, BC

1994    In the Mind's Eye, National Exhibition Centre, Castlegar, BC

1993    Fragile ExistenceII, Ferry Building, West Vancouver, BC

1992    Fragile Existence, Prince George Art Gallery, Prince George, BC

1991    Fragile Existence, XChanges Gallery, Victoria, BC

1990    Drawing From Prehistory, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, BC

           Fragile Existence, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC

1989    Paperworks 1979 ‑89, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC

1988    Drawing from Prehistory, X‑Changes Gallery, Victoria, BC

1987    Earth Birthing, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC

1986    Closer to Home, Fran Willis North Park Gallery, Victoria, BC

 1985   Earth Watch, Winchester Gallery, Victoria, BC.

1982    PressRelated Drawings, XChanges Gallery, Victoria, BC


 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2008    James Bay Art Walk, Victoria, BC

           Hornby Arts Festival Artists, two person exhibition, Hornby Island, BC 

2007    Stillness,  Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, BC

2006    HornbyArtists at the Abbey, Cumberland, BC

          Gallery Artists, Gallery on Herald, Victoria, BC

Featured Artists, Gallery on Herald, Victoria, BC

2005    Gallery Artists, New West Gallery, Sidney, BC

2004    Contemporary Explorations, Malaspina College Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC

           Gallery Artists, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC

2003    Gallerie Artists, Editart, Geneva, Switzerland

2002    Alumni, Maltwood Gallery, University of Victoria, BC

2001    Artropolis, CBC Studios, Vancouver, BC

           telusaboutyourneighbourhood - a digital exhibition, Vancouver Arts Umbrella & Nanaimo Art Gallery          

          Editart Circle, Editart Gallery, Geneva Switzerland

2000   Barbie Doesn't Live Here Anymore, BC Craft House, Vancouver, BC

          Contemporary Pastels, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver

1999    North Okanagan Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, BC

1998    Gone Fishing, Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC

1997    Small Matters, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, BC

1996    Gallerie Artists, Gallerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland

1995    Local Perspectives, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC

           Defining Feminism, Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC

1994    Caeremonia, Open Space, Victoria, BC (3 person show)

1993    Carte Blanche, Gallerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland

1992    Earth Day, Bushlen‑Mowat Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1991    Tsitika Valley, Western Canada Wilderness Committee (provincial tour)

1990    Celebrating Victoria Artists, Victoria Art Gallery

1989    Gallerie Artists, Gallerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland

1988    Grace Gallery, Vancouver (2 person exhibition)

1987     Bus Art Project, BCTransit Authority, Victoria, BC

            Moss Street Paint‑In, Victoria Art Gallery

1986     Art in Victoria 1960 - 86, Art Gallery of Victoria, BC

            Artists for Expo 86, Robson Media Centre, Vancouver, BC

            BCFestival of Art, Juried Show, Prince Rupert, BC

1985     Women Artists of BC 1885 - 1995, (provincial tour)

1984     International Women's Day Exposition, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

            Five Artists Five Countries, Gallerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland

1983     Vancouver Island Invitational, Art Gallery of Victoria, BC

             Homage to Miro, International Exhibition, Gallerie Editart,   Geneva, Switzerland

1982      Bank Art, Victoria Artists Juried Show, Victoria, BC

              Helen Pitt Awards Exhibition, Robson Square Media Centre

 

COMMUNITY ART ACTIVITIES & PROJECTS selected

2007       School Art Program, James Bay Elementary, Victoria, BC

2005        Drawing  classes Hornby Island, BC

2003       BC School District #71, ProDay Event

              Painted Journey Workshops

               Drawing  classes Hornby Island

2000       Hornby Island Theatre Society, costume design

              Painted Journey Workshops

1999       Tara Temple, Rutherford, California, mural painting

1999-02  The Painted Journey, A series of Jungian‑based painting workshops

1991-93  Western Canada Theatre Company and Caravan Stage Company,
              set painting and design

1990       Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, children's art classes

1987       Banff Dominion Day Parade float

1984       Blue Fence Mural Event, Victoria

1983       The Causeway Public Art Event, Victoria

 

TRAVEL

2007            Studied Kollam painting in South India

2008            Painting studio in TodoSantos Baja Mexico

1994            Studies with Tibetan Thanka painters, Boudnath, Nepal

1993-94       Pilgrimage to sacred Buddhist sites in India and Nepal

1987-89       Research of Paleolithic and Early Bronze Age prehistoric sites in France and Spain

1980            Travel and Research at prehistoric megaliths and stone alignments in Mexico, Greece, and UK

1979            Visits to Archeo‑astronomical sites in Northern India

1975-78        Oxfam projects with CUSO in East and Central Africa

 

AWARDS

1987     Banff School of Fine Arts Scholarship

1986     BC Festival of Art, Images and Objects, BC Finalist

1982     Banff School of Fine Arts Scholarship

1981     Helen Pitt Awards, Honourable Mention

 

COLLECTIONS

Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC

Charles Bronfman Seagrams Collection, Montreal, Quebec

Eric Martin Institute, Victoria, BC

Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, BC

Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC

Lions Gates Hospital, North Vancouver, BC
Rio Alto Explorations, Calgary, Alberta

 

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